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This study presents a two-phase approach to the generation and maintenance
of a polygonal cartographic database to be used with autonomous vehicle route
planning. The database is non-interactively generated from available U.S.
Geological Survey topographical maps, and interactively maintained. The focus
of this research centers on the non-interactive generation of the polygonal
database through heuristic processing of digital images and subsequent region
growing.

In the past, the design and implementation of a database system has followed a rather conventional approach. First, a specific data model for the database system is chosen. Second, a corresponding model-based data language ...

This thesis describes the development of a database to support business process redesign in the Department of Defense (DOD). Business process redesign is rapidly becoming an important part of DOD's Corporate Information ...

In recent years, the proliferation of database models required to meet today's ever
changing database needs has led to a variety of Database Management System (DBMS)
designs. This situation has presented a challenging ...